MOSCOW MARCH 1 ITAR -- BY ITAR-TASS CORRESPONDENT ANDREI PALARIA:
EXPERTS OF THE RUSSIAN EXTERNAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE HAVE DESCRIBED
INFORMATION ABOUT ALDRICH HAZEN AMES' COMPLICITY IN TRANSFERRING TO RUSSIA
TECHNOLOGY OF DEVELOPING A SUPERSECRET WEAPON NO MORE THAN AN ACTION OF THE
AMERICAN SPECIAL SERVICES DESIGNED TO ATTRACT MORE PUBLIC ATTENTION TO THE
AMES' AFFAIR.
AS EARLIER REPORTED, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN CORPORATION GERARDO
INTERNATIONAL NEIL GERARDO ANNOUNCED THAT ALDRICH AMES ARRESTED IN THE
UNITED STATES ON SUSPICION OF SPYING FOR MOSCOW COULD HAVE HANDED OVER TO
MOSCOW SECRET INFORMATION CONCERNING THE MRX DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY INVENTED BY
THE COMPANY WHICH DEVELOPS SECRET WEAPON SYSTEMS ON ORDERS FROM THE PENTAGON.
RUSSIAN SPECIALISTS DESCRIBE AS DISINFORMATION ALSO REPORTS ABOUT ALDRICH
AMES' COMPLICITY IN DRUG TRAFFICKING. THE EXPERTS SAY THAT THESE ARE TYPICAL
DEVICES OF AMERICAN SPECIAL SERVICES AIMING AT INFLUENCING THE COURT.
EXPERTS SAY THAT THE REASONS FOR THESE AND SOME OTHER ACTIONS ARE
UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE, ACCORDING TO INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE RUSSIAN
EXPERTS, THE AMERICAN SPECIAL SERVICES HAVE NO CONVINCING PROOF OF AMES'
COMPLICITY IN SPYING FOR MOSCOW.